William cassin



(No Model.)-

W. GASSIN.

PAUOET. No. 280,448;

Patented July 3, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

XVILLIAM GASSIN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO LEOPOLD BRANDETS, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,448, dated July 3, 1883, Application filed March 20, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM CASSIN, of Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have i11- vented certain Improvements in Faucets, of which the following is a specification,

My invention relates to compression cocks or faucets in which the water-supply may be cut off by turning the deliverytube in either of two directions, and it consists in the construction and combination of parts hereinafter particularly described, then sought to be specifically defined by the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section, showing the position of the several parts when the water is being drawn; Fig. 2, a section showing the position of parts when the delivery-tube is turned in one direction to shut off the water, and Fig. 3 a section showing the position of parts when the deliverytube is turned in the other direction to shut off the water.

The letter A indicates the lower section of the faucet, provided with the usual connec-' tion, B, and having inside of it a valve-seat, G,

and right or left handed threads D. The nozzle E has firmly connected to it, as apart thereof, a tubular stem, F, provided at its lower end with a valve, G, and at apoint aboye the valve with a screw-plug, H, the threads'of which may be either right or left handed, so as to screw into the threaded portion D of the lower section, A. The stem Fis perforated, so as to form ports I above the plug H, and grooves J are formed in the plug, across the threads there-' of. A cap, K, fits around the stem F and screws onto the upper end of the lower section, and is provided at its top with a stuffing-box, L, which screws onto its neck M, the stem being free to slide within the cap and stuffingboX as the plug is screwed into or from its threaded seat in the lower section. The cap K is formed with a seat, 0, for the top end of plug H, and this seat is preferably provided with a packing, a. When the stem is adjusted for the fiow of water to the nozzle E, chambers P and Q exist, respectively, between valve G and its seat and the top of the screw-plug and its seat, and when either part is forced to its seat only one chamber is left open.

Assuming the valve G to be on its seat, if the water is to be turned on, the nozzle is swung partially around, which movement raises the valve from its seat, when the liquid is free to pass into chamber P, and thence through grooves J to chamber Q, and from thence through ports I into the tubular stem F, from which it passes through the nozzle E. The fiow of water can now be cut off by turningthe nozzle further in the direction it was first turned, thus throwing the top of plug H against its seat and the ports I into the hollow neck of cap K, as shown in Fig. 2, thereby closing communication between chamber Q and the ports, and completely shutting off the water from the tubular stem. To turn 011 the water the nozzle is moved backward till the ports are out of the neck of the cap, when the water will flow through the stem and nozzle in a steady stream, without spurting and splashing. Instead of moving the nozzle in one direction till the ports are in the neck of the cap, in order to shut off the flow of water, the nozzle may be turned backward till the lower valve, Gr, fits snugly upon its seat 0, as shown in Fig. 3.

It will be observed that the water can be shut off by moving the nozzle in either direction, and that the threaded portion of the stem is always inclosed in a casing, with no part thereof exposed at any time, so that there can be no possibility of leakage nor exposure of the threads to rust and water from outside of the faucet, which would cause the threads to clog, and thereby seriously affect the working of the parts, and also thatno distinct and separate boxing o'r casing for the valve is required. The screw which operates the stem serves as a valve to cut off the water from above, and by bringing the valve G close to the screw or threaded plug the'latter may practically be converted into a valve to cut off water from below; but I prefer the construction illustrated in the drawings. The water would be cut off by the ports alone passing up into the neck of the cap K; but I prefer to use the threaded plug in addition thereto, as an additional safeguard against the water passing up into the tubular stem.

Having described my invention and set forth it merits, what I claim is 1. The tubular stem provided with the grooved and threaded plug, and having avalve below the plug and ports above it, in combi' nation with the nozzle connected thereto and the casing composed of the cap, and the lower section having screw-threads andaseat for the plug and valve, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The nozzle and tubular stem connected together to form one piece, and the stem having the threaded plug, with ports above and a valve below it, in combination with a casing for the stem and its plug to revolve in, and with valve-seats arranged snbstanti ally as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, in a swinging faucet, of I 5 the casing having internal screw-threads and cap K, and a tubular stem carrying a nozzle and provided with a threaded plug with vertical grooves and openings in the stem above the threads, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLTAM OASSI'N.

Witnesses:

L. BRANDEIS, Jiz, WM. P. Sawvnn. 

